Women with higher levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) during pregnancy may experience long-term weight gain and heart problems later in life, according to new research published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. PFAS are manmade chemicals found in food packaging, cookware, clothes, drinking water, personal care products and many other consumer goods. These endocrine-disrupting...
For those of you keeping count, this is the third time we’ve devoted an issue to highlights from ENDO, so it looks like this will be ongoing issue each year. And I’m just fine with that. I hope you are, too! Honestly, there was just so much happening at ENDO 2024 in Boston, that one...
When the biggest endocrinology conference in the world happens, professionals from around the world take notice! Boston was the hot spot the first week in June for ENDO 2024, welcoming over 7,000 endocrinologists from around the world to Boston in what turned out to literally be a meeting for the record books! In a 1993...
Measuring the circulating abundance of microRNAs is likely as effective as measuring the level of sugar in the blood for determining how a young person with the condition will fare, according to a study recently published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. Researchers led by Jeanie Tryggestad, MD, an associate professor of pediatrics...
Boys and girls may equally have multiple pituitary hormone deficiencies across all levels of peak growth hormone values, according to a study recently published in Clinical Endocrinology. The paper, by Rohan K. Henry, MD, MS, et al., outlines reported biases which have long been published regarding the male predominance in patients referred to pediatric endocrinology...
The Endocrine Society today announced it has chosen 14 leading endocrinologists as winners of its prestigious 2025 Laureate Awards, the top honors in the field. Endocrinologists are scientists and medical doctors who specialize in unraveling the mysteries of hormone disorders to care for patients and cure diseases. These professionals have achieved breakthroughs in scientific discoveries and...
Maria I. New, MD, who served as the Endocrine Society’s president from 1991 to 1992, passed away on July 26, 2024. New was revered for her studies of congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH), which subsequently led to treatments to correct the disorder prior to childbirth. Her groundbreaking identification of mineralcorticoid excess resulted in a new area...
Building on a legacy that has lasted for a quarter of a century and now sponsored by the Endocrine Society, the 1st International Conference on Steroid Hormones and Receptors will be held next month at University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center in Albuquerque. Endocrine News talks to conference chairs Eric R. Prossnitz, PhD, and...
For those of you keeping count, this is the third time we’ve devoted an issue to highlights from ENDO, so it looks like this will be ongoing issue each year. And I’m just fine with that. I hope you are, too! Honestly, there was just so much happening at ENDO 2024 in Boston, that one...
Maria I. New, MD, who served as the Endocrine Society’s president from 1991 to 1992, passed away on July 26, 2024. New was revered for her studies of congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH), which subsequently led to treatments to correct the disorder prior to childbirth. Her groundbreaking identification of mineralcorticoid excess resulted in a new area...
